The Afterschool Enrichment books are different from our regular 3 day and 5 day lesson plan guides... the Enrichment books follow the rhythm of a weekly theme with the flexibility that teachers, homeschoolers and afterschooling parents need to enrich their children's Waldorf learning experience at home or school. Our new Monthly Enrichment Guides are filled to the rim with crafts, recipes, activities, stories and inner-work suggestions and they follow a weekly theme to keep your home or school following a seasonal rhythm. They are not structured like classroom lesson plans, as our Childcare Lesson Plan Guides are and keep older children in mind along with the caregiver. They are created so you can use the ideas as time allows without having each day specifically planned out for you.

These Enrichment Guides were created to help parents, teachers and caregivers of all types create a healthy, rhythmic and peaceful home for their children. These guides may be used with children attending traditional schools, Waldorf schools, private schools, childcare centers or with homeschooled children as an enrichment tool to extend their Little Acorn ‘Learning’.

Week One, AprilSpring Animals & Birds, Nurturing

~Share Sweet Animal Verses andFingerplays with Your Children~Make a Bird Chart and Keep Trackof the Birds that Come to Your Area~Decorate and Outdoor Easter Tree and Leave Nesting Materials for the Birds~Make a Recycled Bird Feeder out of Used Water Bottles~Crochet a Set of Beautiful Easter Eggs~Make Nest Helpers for the Birds~Enjoy a Fun 'Apple Ladybug' Snack~Meditate on How to Nurture Your Spirit this Month

Week Two, AprilThe Rain, Awakening

~Songs and Verses for Rainy Days!~Decorate Rainy Day Windows to Brighten Up Your Home~Read the Little Water Drop Storyto the Children~Make Homemade Lavender Water~Chart Rainy Days~Take a Nature Walk in the Rain~Make a Rain Stick~Meditate on What it Means to Awaken~Cook Up a Fun Rain Drop Recipe~Enjoy the Sheet Music and MP3 ofa Beautiful Rain Song

Week Three, AprilEarth, Remaining Grounded

~Native American Verses and OtherEarth Loving Poems~Read an Old Fable to the Children~Make and Indoor Worm Habitat~Make an Earth Day MossGarden Terrarium~Feed the Root Chakra witha Special Recipe~Grounding Meditation Activity and Verses forthe Entire Family~Caregiver Meditation on Staying Rootedin Love in All You Do~Mother Earth Sheet Music and MP3 forFlute or Pennywhistle Learning~Create an Elemental Nature Spacein Your Home or School~Make Container Composts for Your Garden~Grounding Yoga for Children

Week Four, AprilEaster, Rebirth

~Spiritual and Fun Verses andFingerplays for Easter~Enjoy a Delicious Hot CrossBuns Recipe~What does Rebirth meanin Your Life? How Can you Create a New You?~Create Your Easter Nature Table~Rebirth Fibers - Reusing Scraps ofYarn and Wool~Make a Paper Easter BunnyBanner~Create Pysanky Eggs~Prepare 'Bunny in a Field of Greens'with Our Exclusive Recipe~Read Beautiful StoriesHandpicked Just for You and Your Children